Floyd Mayweather will resume his exhibition boxing career this weekend against John Gotti III, grandson of infamous American mobster John Gotti, otherwise known as the ‘Teflon Don.’
This will be Mayweather’s seventh exhibition bout since calling time on his 50-0 professional career in 2017, having previously fought Tenshin Nasukawa, Mikuru Asakura, Deji Olatunji, Logan Paul, Don Moore and Aaron Chalmers.
Gotti, 30, has experience in both the cage and the ring, amassing a 5-1 record in MMA while going 2-0 in boxing. He recently scored a first round knockout in his last fight. Here's everything you need to know.
Where: FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, Florida
When: Sunday, June 11th
How To Watch: The fight will be broadcast live in the US and across the world on Zeus Network PPV. The card is set to get underway at 2am on Monday morning in the UK, with the main event expected at approximately 4am.
Tale Of The Tape:
Mayweather
Place Of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Age: 46
Alias: Money
Record: 50-0 (27)
Height: 5’8’’
Reach: 72’’
Stance: Orthodox
Last Fight: Mayweather beat former Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers in an exhibition match in February.
Gotti
Place Of Birth: Rockville Center, New York, USA
Age: 30
Alias: N/A
Record: 2-0 (1)
Height: 5’11’’
Reach: N/A
Stance: Orthodox
Last Fight: Gotti stopped Alex Citrowske in a single round in Uncasville, Connecticut in January.
What They Say:
Mayweather: "I will continue to have fun and entertain until I am ready to say 'enough is enough'.
"And that's his [Gotti's] job to go out there, step on the gas and say 'get away from sport'."
Gotti: "I have some experience under my belt with two fights against some tough opponents, and here we are.
"I am focused and we will just see where this takes me.
"But I am definitely going to go back to MMA because my last fight was a loss against somebody I had no business losing to, and that doesn't sit well with me."
Full Fight Card:
Floyd Mayweather v John Gotti II
Ulysess Diaz v Khalas Karim
Jarrell Miller v Antonio Zepeda
J'Hon Ingram v Ryan Allen
Kamari Burnside v Brendan Jackson
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